Re: THE GOLDEN AGE TRILOGY by Wright

Don wrote:

This trilogy's plot driven escapism entertained me enough to merit a
second hearing in the near future. It's one of those stories where
the reader (listener) benefits from hindsight.
    There's very little character development in it. Readers compare
GOLDEN AGE to: the original Foundation trilogy, Van Vogt, LAST AND FIRST
MEN, Vance, Vinge, and Zelazny:
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<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2973880-the-golden-age-trilogy>
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Wright generously makes the trilogy available for free at his website:
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<https://scifiwright.com/samples/fic/golden-age-trilogy/>
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It's uncanny how the nidar of the GOLDEN AGE's hero's journey shares
situational similarities with the tragic titular character in THE
NARRATIVE OF A. GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET by Poe. Think: the tropical
version of Hell as depicted in LOGAN'S RUN by Nolan.

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Update: After a brief start, a sudden sagacity shelved my rehearing of
this trilogy. GOLDEN AGE's bewildering commencement confuses
commentators at goodreads for good reason. Because it begins in medias
res, or in the middle of the story.
    Occult in medias res is a risky authorial gambit. On the other hand,
reader sympathetic stories such as HAPPY ENDING by Kuttner, lay out
their twisted plot structure at the beginning to minimize perplexity.
    LWE, a formerly frequent RASW poster and author asserts, "A proper
epic, the Romans said, must start in media res [sic]."

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Following GOLDEN AGE's premature stoppage, a serendipitous string of
synopsis caught my eyes. Although DEVIL IN CRYSTAL by Marlow, precedes
REPLAY by Grimwood, STRANGE LIFE OF IVAN OSOKIN by Ouspensky is the
oldest.
    So STRANGE LIFE is a new novel to next grace my ears. REPLAY's
nonstop nostalgia nearly caused me to nuke it midstream. Because pop
culture ages poorly with me.

Danke,

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